Anwar El Ghazi continued his highly impressive debut season with a goal and an assist in Ajax's 3-1 victory away to league leaders PSV Eindhoven on Sunday. His emergence has been one of the few bright spots in a largely disappointing campaign for the Amsterdam giants, who are still 11 points adrift of PSV at the top of the Eredivisie table despite their win.

Born in the Rotterdam suburb of Barendrecht to Moroccan parents, El Ghazi began his career at the local side BVV Barendrecht. Feyenoord took...